Spool-cabinet



L. M. -ROBBINS sPooL CABINET.

(No Model.)

Patented Deo. 1, 1891.

Unirse STAT-Es LORENZO MARTIN ROBBINS,

PATENT l OFFICE.

OF ELIZABETH, ARKANSAS.

sPooL-CABINET.

SEECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,230, dated December1, 1891.

Application filed July 15| 1891.

f exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and

to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspeciiication.v

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in thatclass of cabinets or cases which are used for storing spools of threadsand other like articles; and it has for its object to provide a cabinetthe several compartments of which are so arranged as to adapt them toreceive a large number of spools, each of the compartmentscommunicatingwith an independent delivery-chamber, each chamber beingprovided with mechanism whereby one or more spools or other articlewithin the compartment with which the chamber communicates may be easilyand quickly removed without disturbing the other articles within thecompartment.

A further object of the invention is to provide meanswhereby the spacewhich may be left vacant within the delivery-chamber by the removal otan article therefrom will be automatically supplied from the compartmentwith which the delivery-chamber communicates.

To these ends and to such others asthe invention may pertain the sameconsists in the peculiar construction and in the novel combination,arrangement, and adaptation ot parts, all as more fully hereinafterdescribed, shown in the accompanying drawings, and then specificallydefined in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the lett'ers of reference marked thereon, form a part ofthis speciiication, like letters of reference indicating like partsthroughout the several views, and in which drawings- Figure 1 is an endview of a spool-cabinet constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the Serial No. 399,633. (Nomodel.)

same. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of one of the compartments, showing thedelivery-chamber connected therewith.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Arepresents the cal)- inet, which may be of any suitable size and may beconstructed of either wood or metal and ornamented as the taste ot themaker may dictate.

The case or cabinet is divided into a series ot' compartments B B,having inclined bottoms C and provided with doors or covers D, .throughwhich the compartments may be lled. In the present instance I have shownthe cabinetas provided with two sets or series of these compartments,the compartments in each series being arranged one above the other andthe compartments in both series having bottoms which are inclineddownward and in the direction of the transverse center of the cabinet.At their lower edges the inclined bottoms O communicate directly withthe delivery-chambers E,said delivery-chambers consisting simply oftroughs open at their upper sides and of a width and depth which willadapt them to receive spools of the size which are placed within therespective compartment with which they communicate. Secured to the upperfaces ot the bottoms C are strips YC', which extend transversely acrossthe bottom, the distance between the strips being slightly greater thanthe length of the spools. Each of the delivery-chambers registers at oneend of the chamber with an opening F in the front wall of the cabinet.Directly above each ot the delivery-chambers is a wire or rod G, whichis square, the ends of said wire being secured to the inner walls of thecabinet, and immediately below the said wire is placed a rod H, which ispassed th rough an opening formed for the purpose in the front wall ofthe cabinet, as shown. This rod' is suspended from the lwire G by meansof sleeves l, which are square and which are secured to the rod Handadapted to be moved freely upon the wire Gr. At its inner end the rod His provided with an arm I-I, which is bent at right angles to the bodyof the rod, and at its extreme outer end it is provided with a metallicdisk or tag J, upon which is indicated the size of the spools or thenumber of the thread Acontained in the particular chamber with which thesaid rod communicates.

In the lower portion of the cabinetbeneath the spool-compartments I haveprovided a series of drawers K, which may be used for storing needles,pins, or other articles kept in stock.

The operation of the device is simple and will be readily understood.The storage-compartments within the cabinet are filled with spools oflthread, the different sizes being placed in theirproper compartments.Vhen it is desired to remove a spool from any one of thedelivery-chambers, it may be done by grasping the tag J, upon which isindicated the number of the thread desired. A slight pull will serve towithdraw the rod to which the tag is attached, thus drawing the row ofspools within the delivery-chamber in the direction of the opening F,through which the spool at the end of the chamber will be delivered. Itwill be readily seen that the space Within the delivery-chamber, whichis left Avacant by the removal of the spool, will be at once filled by aspool from the compartment above, which will drop into -thedeliverychamber from the compartment. The strips which are secured tothe inclined bottom of the said compartment will serveto insure theguiding of the spools, as will be readily un* derstood. After the spoolor spools desired have been removed the rod Il is turned so as toprevent the hook upon its inner end from engaging the spools in thechamber, and the rod is then pushed back into the cabinet, where it willbe inA readiness for use when 1t is again proposed to withdraw thespools from the delivery-chamber.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a spool-cabinet, a storage-compartment having an inclined bottom, adelivery-chamber communicating with the storage-chamber beneath thelower edge of the inclined bottom ofthe storage-chamber and providedwlth an outlet at the end of the chamber, a fixed rod G, a rod H,arranged above the deliverychamber, the sleeves connecting said rods andslidable on the rod G and having the rod H rotatably suspendedtherefrom, said rod being provided at its inner end with an arm or hookand at its outer end with a tag or disk bearing the number of the threador other marl; to indicate the contents of the compartment,substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LORENZO MARTIN ROB BIN S.

Witnesses:

WM. R. HINER, E. E. COLE.

